Hello everyone!
Cecil here, sorry I've been quiet lately, just been pretty busy with a part time job taking up the rest of my summer, before heading back to university in the fall. So I haven't been around to answer questions, contribute to the discussion, or chime in on the IRC channel.
However, there was another reason for my radio silence: I am continuing work on Version 1.3. There's still plenty of work to go, including some skill adjustments for the promoted classes, stat adjustments on the weapons, and clarifications in the combat section. Lots and lots of clarification.
Hopefully, Version 1.3 should be finished by August 16th, end of the month at the latest.
But there WAS one element that I'd actually like your input on: as you noticed, Anima is the only weapon category that has no class with a natural S rank in it. This came from my adherence to the 1 S, 2 A, 3 B rule, where classes who used only a single weapon in their promoted class had the advantage of top tier equipment, while classes with two or three weapons had more general options. Also, because Sages traditionally used Magic and Staves, that resulted in them being one of the 2 A classes.
After we come to a conclusion on Physic for Lore Master or no, I'd actually like to know which you would prefer:
-Sages continue to have A in Anima and Staves, and there are no classes that naturally have an S in Anima
-Sages have an S in Anima, but do not gain a rank in Staves
-Mages no longer promote to Mage Knight (leaving it a Troubadour exclusive with maybe a name change to Templar), and instead promote to a new class, say, Wizard, who has the S Rank Anima, while Sages still use Anima and Staves